Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880, Volumes 1-2; Volume 21Michie Company, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... settled a plantation . Smith and the lessor paid the quit - rents from the time of the grant to Smith and ever since the entry . HELD , the plaintiff is entitled to the land . The lands in question were granted to Beheathland Gilson ...
... settled a plantation . Smith and the lessor paid the quit - rents from the time of the grant to Smith and ever since the entry . HELD , the plaintiff is entitled to the land . The lands in question were granted to Beheathland Gilson ...
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... settled by law in any country , no good man ought to take more though it was not prohibited under a penalty ; but where there is no law , the rule laid down by Grotius , seems very equitable , viz . in proportion to the loss that ...
... settled by law in any country , no good man ought to take more though it was not prohibited under a penalty ; but where there is no law , the rule laid down by Grotius , seems very equitable , viz . in proportion to the loss that ...
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... settled in tobacco from the price of the low ground , and of at twenty shillings sterling by the hundred course , either add or lessen to or from the pounds : but the bills were not applied to price of the high ground , that being the ...
... settled in tobacco from the price of the low ground , and of at twenty shillings sterling by the hundred course , either add or lessen to or from the pounds : but the bills were not applied to price of the high ground , that being the ...
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... settled between mr Ross , against Pleasants , Shore , and the two companies ; disallowing also any company of 386,685 pounds of tobacco , for claim on either side for a supposed differ- 19331. 8s . 7d . sterling , for bills of exchange ...
... settled between mr Ross , against Pleasants , Shore , and the two companies ; disallowing also any company of 386,685 pounds of tobacco , for claim on either side for a supposed differ- 19331. 8s . 7d . sterling , for bills of exchange ...
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... settled , that he might receive the considerable balance due to him , and pro- cured several times and places to 4. Same - Settlement of Accounts - Case at Bar . - There was nothing in the promises or acts of the de- fendants as to a ...
... settled , that he might receive the considerable balance due to him , and pro- cured several times and places to 4. Same - Settlement of Accounts - Case at Bar . - There was nothing in the promises or acts of the de- fendants as to a ...
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Page 238 - ... as the devisee or legatee would have done, if he had survived the testator; unless a different disposition shall be made or required by .the will.
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Page 73 - And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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